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Bad To The Bone by Jeri Smith-Ready

Book Blurb:
If you’re just joining us, welcome to radio station WVMP, “The Lifeblood of Rock ’n’ Roll.” Con-artist-turned-station-owner Ciara Griffin manages an on-air staff of off-the-wall DJs—including her new boyfriend Shane McAllister—who really sink their teeth into the music of their ‘Life Time” (the era in which they became vampires). It’s Ciara’s job to keep the undead rocking, the ratings rolling, and the fan base alive—without missing a beat.

For Halloween, WVMP is throwing a bash sure to raise the dead. They’ve got cool tunes, hot costumes, killer cocktails—what could go wrong? Well, for starters, a religious firebrand ranting against the evils of the occult preempts the station’s midnight broadcast. Then, when Ciara tracks down the illegal transmission, the broadcast tower is guarded by what appears to be…a canine vampire? And behind it all is a group of self-righteous radicals who think vampires suck (and are willing to stake their lives on it).

Now Ciara must protect the station while struggling with her own murky relationship issues, her best friend’s unlikely romance with a fledgling vampire, and the nature of her mysterious anti-holy powers. To make it to New Year’s in one piece, she’ll need to learn a few new tricks.…

Bad to the Bone by Jeri Smith-Ready is the second installment to Urban Fantasy WVMP Radio series, and will release on May 19th. I had been anticipating this book since I finished reading the first book in this series, Wicked Game.

Like its predecessor, Bad to the Bone moved along at a fast, exciting pace with plenty of witty humor. You will get your fix for the hot, sexy vampires at WVMP, with plenty of sit on the edge of your seat suspense. There are some sad moments and some very surprising developments in the story that you would of never saw coming.

The ending happens fast, with so many questions being answered but we are left with a few new intriguing ones. So you’ll be left with the need for the next installment. I, for one, can't wait.

The next book, not yet titled, in the series will be out in 2010. Jeri has several free tie-in short stories on her website, maybe they can help tie you over until the next book.

One of my favorite things about the WVMP Radio series, are the playlists that Jeri creates to help set mood of the book. You can download the playlists from her website. If you like, play the songs along with the chapters you are reading, see if this is an experience you might enjoy.

My review of Wicked Game.

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Wicked Game by Jeri Smith-Ready - Now Available in Mass-Market Paperback

Wicked Game by Jeri Smith-Ready is now also available in mass-market paperback! This is the first novel in the awesome urban fantasy series WVMP Radio. The second novel in this series is Bad to the Bone, which will be available on May 19, 2009.

My thoughts on this fun, original read are here, plus a review by Charlaine Harris you can read on Charlaine's website and a review over at Darque Reviews.

You can purchase Wicked Game by clicking on one of the links below or click the Order button on any of the Wicked Game widgets on my blog.

Links to purchase Wicked Game:

Wicked Game by Jeri Smith-Ready

Book Blurb:
"Recovering con artist Ciara Griffin is trying to live the straight life, even if it means finding a (shudder!) real job. She takes an internship at a local radio station, whose late-night time-warp format features 1940s blues, 60s psychedelia, 80s Goth, and more, all with an uncannily authentic flair. Ciara soon discovers how the DJs maintain their cred: they’re vampires, stuck forever in the eras in which they were turned.

Ciara’s first instinct, as always, is to cut and run. But communications giant Skywave wants to buy WMMP and turn it into just another hit-playing clone. Without the station—and the link it provides to their original Life Times—the vampires would “fade,” becoming little more than mindless ghosts of the past. Suddenly a routine corporate takeover becomes a matter of life and un-death.

To boost ratings and save the lives of her strange new friends, Ciara re-brands the station as “WVMP, the Lifeblood of Rock ’n’ Roll.” In the ultimate con, she hides the DJs’ vampire nature in plain sight, disguising the bloody truth as a marketing gimmick. WVMP becomes the hottest thing around—next to Ciara’s complicated affair with grunge vamp Shane McAllister. But the “gimmick” enrages a posse of ancient and powerful vampires who aren’t so eager to be brought into the light. Soon the stakes are higher—and the perils graver—than any con game Ciara’s ever played…"

Wicked Game by Jeri Smith-Ready is a very fast paced, at times humorous, urban fantasy romance with a unique style of blending music into the storyline of vampires. I was intrigued by the OCD vampires, you don't normally see a flaw such as this in vampires. Definitely unique. I devoured this book in less than two days. I highly recommend this book and also plan on checking out her other series Aspect of Crow.

If you are a music lover like me, you will enjoy how Ms. Smith-Ready sets mood for the book with music throughout and naming her chapters after songs, that you are sure to recognize. You can go to her web site and grab the playlists for the book - go get them.

Wicked Game is the first book in the WVMP Radio series. The next installment is Bad to the Bone, due to release on May 19, 2009, click here to read the excerpt.

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